Abercrombie (ANF) Q1 2025 Earnings Call Transcript
Image source: The Motley Fool.Need a quote from one of our analysts? Email pr@fool.comAbercrombie & Fitch (NYSE:ANF) exceeded sales guidance with record first-quarter net sales, driven by double-digit growth in its Hollister stores, but operating margins narrowed due to higher freight costs and carryover inventory. Management explicitly reduced full-year operating margin expectations for FY2025 due to $50 million in projected net tariff impacts, with no broad-based price increases planned. It maintained flat AUR guidance for the second quarter and the remainder of FY2025 as promotional and inventory dynamics stabilize. The company executed $200 million in share repurchases in the first quarter, raised the top end of annual net sales guidance, and reaffirmed its commitment to capital investment and store expansion, while Abercrombie brand sales are expected to inflect positively in the back half of the year as current carryover inventory is cleared.Continue reading
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Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE:ANF) exceeded sales guidance with record first-quarter net sales, driven by double-digit growth in its Hollister stores, but operating margins narrowed due to higher freight costs and carryover inventory. Management explicitly reduced full-year operating margin expectations for FY2025 due to $50 million in projected net tariff impacts, with no broad-based price increases planned. It maintained flat AUR guidance for the second quarter and the remainder of FY2025 as promotional and inventory dynamics stabilize. The company executed $200 million in share repurchases in the first quarter, raised the top end of annual net sales guidance, and reaffirmed its commitment to capital investment and store expansion, while Abercrombie brand sales are expected to inflect positively in the back half of the year as current carryover inventory is cleared.
